History of Wales
Publisher: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781783161683
Subjects: Wales, history
Description: "This ... volume [is] reproduced with text panels that provide brief biographies of historical figures and descriptions of major historical sites in Wales. ... From primitive Stone Age cave-dwellers who were the earliest recorded inhabitants of Wales, through settlement by the Celts before the Roman and Norman invasions, this book leads the reader through the age of the native Welsh princes that culminated in the eventual conquest of Wales by Edward I in 1282. Later seminal themes include the passage of the so-called Union legislations of 1536 and 1543, the impact of successive religious changes, the agrarian and industrial revolutions, and the severe interwar depression of the twentieth century. This new edition concludes with a discussion of the far-reaching political, social and economic changes covering the ... period from the close of the twentieth century to the present day."--Back cover.